Shamrock Fit for a King

Call Cleaver, call Marl

Call Clatter Mallock

The King’s rolling in Clover

He found his Shamrock.

Good Fortune, Abundance, oh Prosperity

The King’s rolling in Clover

and laughing with glee.

For two-hundred-thirty days

Year in, year out

He’s combed through the clover

for a four-leafed Shamrock.

Not a doctor or Druid Priest

could draw him away

as he pushed through the cushions

day after day.

We’d thought he had lost it

down there on his shins,

as he plucked at the sugar plums

to suck the nectar within.

We’d thought he had lost it

from his foot to his crown,

were worried he’d suffer

wounds from the ground.

We called his Knight, Flav

who became quite annoyed,

We could tell by his spasms,

complaints of ulcers…

To witness his King in this

undignified way

was not something he expected,

felt it dire, this behavior

end right away.

Call Cleaver, call Marl,

call Clatter Malloch

to pull the king from the Clover

our subjects may talk.

Here they come though, I don’t know

if the king can be restored to good health.

It might quite chronic, need a tonic

or fine healing salve.

(So we asked…)

Can you help, Sirs?

  Yes, we can, Sir…

Well, we’ll give it a try

No pretense, here, it could be severe

We’ll tell not a lie.

But, he’s a symbol, keep it simple

Pretend to be cool

Relax him, bring him back in

the castle to rule.

The soft hairs upon their necks

stood up as they approached the king

as he played bucking bronco

while they coax him in.

Three times they tried together

to bring him away

But he whooped, laughed, fought, and coughed
‘til he got his own way.

So for,

Two-hundred-thirty days

year in, year out

he’s combed through the clover

for a four-leafed Shamrock.

Not a doctor, or a druid priest

could draw him away,

Until perhaps,

this v-e-r-y day!

Call Cleaver, Call Marl

Call Clatter Mallock,

The King’s rolling in Clover,
He found his Shamrock.

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Within the writing of this poetry
are hints that act as memory hooks
to help one to recall

some of the properties

of a plant,

plus its uses and looks.

If you'd like to hear them

as I am often on the wing,

You may contact me through

this address ( lovellsimonsjanet_at_yahoo.ca)

then I'll give you a ring.

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